This review discusses the classification, characteristics, and applications of biosurfactants.
The biosynthesis pathways for different classes of biosurfactants are reviewed. An in-depth …

Waste generation is becoming a global concern owing to its adverse effects on environment
and human health. The utilization of waste as a feedstock for production of value-added …

Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) is a type of enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
technology, generally employed as a tertiary stage where oil recovery using primary and …

Background Lipopeptides are known as promising microbial surfactants and have been
successfully used in enhancing oil recovery in extreme environmental conditions. A …

In the present study, the pH-regulated emulsification activity of surfactin was studied and its
potential application in oil separation towards enhanced oil recovery (EOR) was …

Biosurfactant production is one of the most efficient mechanisms in microbial enhanced oil
recovery (MEOR) processes. This work investigates the production of biosurfactants by …

Toxic and hazardous waste poses a serious threat to human health and the environment.
Green remediation technologies are required to manage such waste materials, which is a …

The biosurfactant produced by Bacillus licheniformis R2 was characterized and studied for
enhancing the heavy crude oil recovery at 80° C in coreflood experiments. The strain was …

Biodegradation of crude heavy oil was investigated with Chelatococcus daeguensis HB-4
that was isolated from the produced fluid of Baolige Oilfield in China. Batch growth …

The study has been carried out to investigate the production of biosurfactant by a
thermophilic strain of Bacillus subtilis on various hydrocarbon substrates, such as waxy …